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Development of an automated multienzymatic biosensor for risk assessment of pesticide contamination in water and food

The goal of this research is to better address the problems related to the widespread presence of pesticides in the environment. Despite the unquestionable utility of the pesticides against various pests in the agricultural field, most pesticides and the corresponding pesticide residues are toxic to...

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Autores principales: Rusko, Janis, Febbraio, Ferdinando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7015495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32626055
http://dx.doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.e16084
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description The goal of this research is to better address the problems related to the widespread presence of pesticides in the environment. Despite the unquestionable utility of the pesticides against various pests in the agricultural field, most pesticides and the corresponding pesticide residues are toxic to the environment and hazardous to human health. The recent literature on organophosphate compounds emphasises a clear correlation between their use and the occurrence of disorders in the nervous system, especially in children. The conventional systems for the detection and analysis of these compounds are expensive, time‐consuming and require highly specialised operators; moreover, no online automated screening systems are yet available, that would allow the identification and quantification of the presence of these chemicals in samples from industrial sectors such as the food industry. Esterase‐based biosensors represent a viable alternative to this problem. In this fellowship programme, we aim to develop a robust and sensitive methodology that enables the screening of toxic compounds using a streamlined process, using an automated robotic system to achieve a continuous monitoring for risk assessment of pesticides.
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spelling pubmed-70154952020-07-02 Development of an automated multienzymatic biosensor for risk assessment of pesticide contamination in water and food Rusko, Janis Febbraio, Ferdinando EFSA J EU‐FORA: Series 1 The goal of this research is to better address the problems related to the widespread presence of pesticides in the environment. Despite the unquestionable utility of the pesticides against various pests in the agricultural field, most pesticides and the corresponding pesticide residues are toxic to the environment and hazardous to human health. The recent literature on organophosphate compounds emphasises a clear correlation between their use and the occurrence of disorders in the nervous system, especially in children. The conventional systems for the detection and analysis of these compounds are expensive, time‐consuming and require highly specialised operators; moreover, no online automated screening systems are yet available, that would allow the identification and quantification of the presence of these chemicals in samples from industrial sectors such as the food industry. Esterase‐based biosensors represent a viable alternative to this problem. In this fellowship programme, we aim to develop a robust and sensitive methodology that enables the screening of toxic compounds using a streamlined process, using an automated robotic system to achieve a continuous monitoring for risk assessment of pesticides. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7015495/ /pubmed/32626055 http://dx.doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.e16084 Text en © 2018 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of European Food Safety Authority. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title Development of an automated multienzymatic biosensor for risk assessment of pesticide contamination in water and food
title_full Development of an automated multienzymatic biosensor for risk assessment of pesticide contamination in water and food
title_fullStr Development of an automated multienzymatic biosensor for risk assessment of pesticide contamination in water and food
title_full_unstemmed Development of an automated multienzymatic biosensor for risk assessment of pesticide contamination in water and food
title_short Development of an automated multienzymatic biosensor for risk assessment of pesticide contamination in water and food
title_sort development of an automated multienzymatic biosensor for risk assessment of pesticide contamination in water and food
topic EU‐FORA: Series 1
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7015495/
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